Word of the Day:
incriminate
What It Means
To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin incrīminātus, perfect passive participle of Latin incrīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in 1736. By surface analysis, in- + criminate.
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